Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] for [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to run for help straight after the crash but then he saw Jason on the road and collapsed with the shock . |
| 2 | She remained miserably at Little Gidding after Nicholas 's death , but finally , when John died , she hysterically demanded to leave for London immediately after the funeral ; without waiting for the weekly coach she departed uncomfortably in a countryman 's wagon . |
| 3 | When Sir Henry joined us , Holmes told him that we had to leave for London immediately after breakfast . |
| 4 | Silas had said he wished to leave for Hastings immediately after the meal , so Lucy came to the table ready to leave at a moment 's notice . |
| 5 | In 1922 the Kerry Railway was absorbed by the GWR and in 1931 it was closed to passengers but continued to run for freight only as part of the BR ( Western Region ) from 1 January 1948 . |
| 6 | On 18th December 1865 Henry Oakeley had to send for coal etc. to Montgomery Station : by 22nd January 1866 he was noting ‘ Sent for a load of coal to Bishop 's Castle Railway Stn ’ , and on 29th January 1866 ‘ Sent to Bishop 's Castle Railway Station for a cask of cider ’ . |